bechmark-pages-creator.py

# Allow to create pages for testing purposes

from datetime import datetime
import random
import string
import shutil
import os


def generateWord():
    length = random.randint(1, 10)
    word = ''.join(random.choice(string.letters) for _ in range(length))
    return word


def generateSentence(words):
    return ' '.join([generateWord() for i in range(words)])


def getRandomDate():
    year = random.choice(range(1950, 2017))
    month = random.choice(range(1, 13))
    day = random.choice(range(1, 29))
    hours = random.choice(range(0, 24))
    minutes = random.choice(range(0, 60))
    seconds = random.choice(range(0, 60))
    return datetime(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds).strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")


def createPost(outputDir):
    title = generateSentence(8)
    desc = generateSentence(20)

    slug = title.replace(' ', '-').lower()
    slug = ''.join(c for c in slug if c.isalnum() or c == '-')

    with open('%s/%s.md' % (outputDir, getRandomDate()), 'w') as f:
        f.write('---\n')
        f.write('title: %s\n' % title)
        f.write('description: %s\n' % desc)
        f.write('slug: %s\n' % slug)
        f.write('---\n\n')
        # Generate blocks of random words
        num_paragraphs = random.randint(5, 10)
        for i in range(num_paragraphs):
            f.write(generateSentence(random.randint(50, 100)))
            f.write('\n\n')

# Set defaults
outputDir = "./test.com/pages"
numPosts = 1000

def generate():
    if os.path.isdir(outputDir):
        shutil.rmtree(outputDir)
    os.makedirs(outputDir)
    for i in range(numPosts):
        createPost(outputDir)

generate()